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Preventing Biological Warfare

The Failure of American Leadership

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Malcolm R. Dando

    1. Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK

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Part of the book series: Global Issues (GLOISS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Problem of Biological Warfare

    • Malcolm R. Dando
    Pages 1-22

  3. The Chemical Weapons Convention and the Worldwide Chemical Industry

    • Malcolm R. Dando
    Pages 23-40

  4. Developing the BTWC, 1975–1995

    • Malcolm R. Dando
    Pages 41-61

  5. Genomics and the New Biotechnology

    • Malcolm R. Dando
    Pages 62-74

  6. The Negotiation of the BTWC Protocol

    • Malcolm R. Dando
    Pages 75-98

  7. Compliance Measures: Declarations and Visits

    • Malcolm R. Dando
    Pages 99-112

  8. The Debate on Visits

    • Malcolm R. Dando
    Pages 113-131

  9. The Role of US Industry

    • Malcolm R. Dando
    Pages 132-139

  10. The Chairman’s Text

    • Malcolm R. Dando
    Pages 140-165

  11. The United States and the BTWC Protocol

    • Malcolm R. Dando
    Pages 166-180

  12. Epilogue

    • Malcolm R. Dando
    Pages 181-184

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 185-231
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About this book

The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention entirely prohibits biological warfare, but it has no effective verification mechanism to ensure that the 140-plus States Parties are living up to their obligations. From 1995-2001 the States Parties attempted to negotiate a Protocol to the Convention to remedy this deficiency. On 25 July 2001 the United States entirely rejected the final text which would probably have been acceptable to most other states. The book investigates how this disaster came about, and the potential consequences of the failure of American leadership.

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'...contributes to the literature on weapons of mass destruction and should be read along with other key books...' - J. Granville, Choice

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK

    Malcolm R. Dando

About the author

MALCOLM DANDO is Professor at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford. He is author of The New Biological Weapons: Threat Proliferation and Control, Rethinking Public Policy-Making: Questioning Assumptions, Challenging Beliefs and As Lambs to the Slaughter: The Facts about Nuclear War.

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